My Hobby and Interest - Research

 This amazing group right after they finished their 20 mile run - their longest in preparation for the Chicago marathon next month. You can still support all of our marathoners:

 NIH Building Thriving Research Groups LINK A new five-part virtual series building on the foundation of the Raising a Resilient Scientist Series (RRS) for faculty and staff who work with, supervise, and support research fellows. About the series The  Building Thriving Research Groups Series  is a five-part series designed for PIs, staff scientists, staff clinicians, and others who supervise or support fellows in research settings. Through practical frameworks, strategies, case discussions, and tools, participants will explore how to set clear expectations, understand and respond to fellows' needs, communicate and provide feedback effectively, navigate performance and conflict, and support well-being—for fellows, colleagues, and themselves. The series recognizes that creating a thriving research group is a shared responsibility. PIs may have overall responsibility for the group, while staff scientists, staff clinicians, and other experienced team members often play import...

NIH Becoming a Resilient Scientist (BRS) series LINK A five-part series including lectures and discussion groups to help you develop skills needed to thrive in research and healthcare careers. On this page About the series How to attend Additional resources About the series The Becoming a Resilient Scientist series provides tools to help you build resilience and thrive in high-knowledge environments. You will develop skills in well-being, assertiveness, and responding to feedback that can strengthen relationships within research groups and beyond. The series is designed for trainees and fellows at all levels, including those who supervise or mentor others and want to strengthen their mentoring skills. To learn more about the effectiveness of the series, read our publication,  Becoming a Resilient Scientist series: an intervention program . How to attend The series includes five sessions. Each session consists of a lecture followed by a facilitated small group discussion, where you ...

 Science Magazine Researchers file First Amendment challenge to NIH grant screening Lawsuit argues that Trump policy of purging politically sensitive terms from research projects violates free speech by Jocelyn Kaiser Researchers today asked a federal court to find that the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) is acting illegally in barring grants on topics disliked by President Donald Trump’s administration. NIH, which screens grants for sensitive terms and requires changes in how projects are described, is violating the Constitution’s First Amendment protections of free speech and rules requiring that grants be awarded based on scientific merit, the class action suit contends. “NIH is systematically trying to silence research-related speech, including biomedical results that it suspects will express views the administration does not like on everything from DEI [diversity, equity, and inclusion] to gender identity to climate change,” says Olga Akselrod, an attorney with the Am...

 Nature News Successful early-career scientists rely on network of mentors Large networks are particularly beneficial to researchers in under-represented groups. By   Mohana Basu The most successful early-career researchers often rely on a network of mentors who each have different roles — from advising on research and grants to making professional introductions and providing emotional support, finds a study of nearly 900 scientists just starting out 1 . The findings are consistent with what mentorship scholars and practitioners have long argued: no single  mentor  can meet all of a trainee’s scientific, professional and psychosocial needs, says Keivan Stassun, an astrophysicist at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. “It is encouraging to see these patterns emerge so clearly in a large data set of successful early-career investigators,” says Stassun, who has won awards for his mentorship. For the study, which was posted on the bioRxiv preprint server and h...

 Join me in the Scarborough main conference room on this week or on zoom: Tuesday Sept 15 and Sept 17, 8:00am-8:30am https://maine.zoom.us/j/4625543963 If you are joining in person in the main conf room in Scarborough, mats are available in the lobby closet. Come early to make yourself a space for practice.

 Wired The 9 Best TV Shows to Stream This Month South Park ,  Slow Horses ,  Neon Genesis Evangelion , and a Lego-fied  Mandalorian  are just a few of the things you should be watching right now. SEPTEMBER IS TYPICALLY  the time when  television  gets serious again. The summer’s biggest TV shows have aired their finales, the fall schedule is kicking into high gear, and streamers are rolling out everything from high-concept sci-fi to prestige dramas. There’s plenty of familiar IP in the mix, but also some genuinely original shows worth putting on your to-watch list. While plenty of outlets will tell you what everyone is watching (see:  Reacher ), that’s not our goal. As always, the TV shows we’re watching this month reflect the kinds of stories WIRED covers every day—shows that explore technology,  science ,  politics ,  culture , and the sometimes unsettling ways they intersect. From returning favorites to ambitious new series—...